Tire holder



' I E. e. ,JEFFRIES TIRE HOLDER 1 Filed July 1, 1921 2 'Sheets-$hee't 1ATTORNEYS May 1, 1923.

' E. G. JEFFRIES TIRE HOLDER Filed July 1 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2WITNESSES Arm/Mm!" Patented May 1, 1923,

entree ELIJAH. eonnon eannine, 0F TACOMA, wnsninea on.

Tran nonnnnfl Application filed July 1,192-15 Serial No; 481,837.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ELIJAH G. JEFFRIES, a citizen of the United-States,and a resident of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State ofWashington, have invented a new and Improved Tire Holder, of which thefollowing is a description I My invention relates to means to hold aspare tire or tires on an automobile and has for its general object toprovide a device for the indicated purpose, whereby thetire may besecurely locked against its unauthorized removal.

A more specificobject of the'invention is to provide a holder reflectingpractical considerations with respect to simplicity of construction andconvenience in securing and removal of the tire.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of two eX-' amples of the invention. 1 v I Figure 1 is anelevation of a tire holder embodying my invention illustrating a tireheld thereon; a I

' Figure 2 is an edge view; I

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the holderand tire;

Figure 4 is an elevation partly in section of the parts shown in Figure3;

Figures 5, 6 and 7 are sections respec-? tively on the lines 55, 66 and77, of

Figure 3; I

Figure 8 is a sectional edge view lllustrat ing the holder formed toreceive two tires.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example,I provide 1 a rim 10 having radialspokes or braces 11 at theintersection of which is a lock case 12. Certain of the braces or spokeshave casings 13 radially disposed in which are accommodated the shanks14, 14 of tire clamps, said shanks overlapping and formed at theiropposed. overlapping 'faces with ratchet teeth 15 so that the shanks mayinterengage each other. A plateispring 16 is disposed in one of thecasings 13 and bears against the adjacent shank 14 tending to force thesame away from the other shank 14 to disengage the ratchet teeth of theshanks. To hold the shanks in engagementa key-controlled lock bolt 17may be projected against the back of the shank 14 to prevent theseparation of the shanks by the spring 16.

The shanks 14,814? are adapted tohave,

telescoping movement in the casings 13 and-i the outerclamping end 18 ofeach is of v hook form adapted to -archover the tire A when the latteris disposed on the rim 10. The clamping'ends 18 are pivoted as at 19 toswing transversely to the plane of the holder. The shanks maybe movedinto the casings 13 to dispose the" pivots 19 within the casings andthereby preventswingingof the clamping ends be moved outwardly in thecasings tovposi tion thepivots 19 outside of the casings to permitswinging of the clamp ends 18 after 18 or said shanks may the bolt 17has been withdrawn and the spring 16 permitted apart. a

The terminal of each end 18 is adapted toenter a socket 20pro vided onthe rim 10 in to force the shanks hooked clamping association with alock 23, the lock bolt22 of whichis adapted tobe projected into a notch21 an end of the clamping end 18. The rim, 10 is connected with 13bybraces 24 in practice. V In the form shown in Figure the casingsadjacent .to

. s, the rim J 1 presents two tire bases 10,"10 each disposed on eachside of the medial plane of i the rim, A single shank 14 of rigid clampends 18 bases and adapted to'lock carries a pair scopes in the casing 13in the same manner as in cas1ng13 otthe'previous figures." To

each of the bases 10*, 10 sockets 2O are se cured, said sockets beingassociated with lock casings and both are strengthened by the braces 24corresponding with the braces 24. i

I would state in conclusion thatwhile the illustrated examplesconstitutepractical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly tothe exact details'herein illustrated, since manifestly the" same can beconsiderably aried;withoi1t departure from the spirit of the in theappended-claims.

Having thus described. my invention, I

claim 1, A tire holderfoi the classdescribed, including a rim adapted toreceive a tire,

clamps having radially disposed shanks movablewl'ongitudinallyrelatively to each.

110 shanks against relative movement, said shanks having terminalvother, the respective shanks overlapping, means, to lock the inventionas defined.

arching over said I therein the tiresplaced on the rim. The shank 14"tele v eeiving said shanks radially disposed and clamping membersinhooked form, sockets on. the rim in which the ends of the clampingterminals are receivable, and means to lock the said ends in thesockets.

2. A tire holder including a rim adapted to receive a tire, clampshaving shanks movable longitudiother, housings reand enclosing the nallyrelatively to each shanks, clamping terminals of hooked form pivoted onsaid shanks to swing laterally when the shanks are moved to the outerpositions, the pivots of the clamping terminals lying Withinthe housingsin the inner position of. the shanks and means to lock the shanksagainst relative movements.

ELIJAI-I GORDON JEFFRIES.

